My “other” passive income has grown due to the popularity of the new articles published. The breakdown of my passive income contributing entities is: dividends from stocks and funds totaled $242.51 and other passive income totaled $278.14. Read more about why I consider this a passive income in Passivity Index post.

Portfolio Update

Dividend Increases

November saw dividend increase announcement from the following in my current holdings.

Hi PMU,
The plan is to move all ETF holdings to my wife’s portfolio. I will invest directly in DGI stocks and her portfolio will consist of broad index ETFs. In addition, I have to reconsider which ETF to use. The iShares ETF has served me well, but the Vanguard offering looks interesting as well. I have to compare the two and check if there are more alternatives before taking a decision.

Hi! New commenter here!
Congratulations! It’s always nice to see people achieving their goals!
There is only one think I’d like to discuss with you: you put your blog’s revenue into the “passive income” basket. After all the hard work you put on the blog, do you really consider it to be “passive”? From where I see it, it’s “active” income all the way.
Or am I wrong?

Daniel,
Welcome to the blog. Glad to have you as a new commenter.
Yes, you are right – that work goes into writing and is not really as passive as other types of income. However, I merely see it as a semi-passive and a by-product of my hobby. I have written about this in the past and discussed in detail in a post called Passivity of Income. See post here:http://roadmap2retire.com/2014/05/passivity-of-income/

I figure that everything needs work. Even investing in dividend paying stocks – I spend hours and days of reading and thinking before making a decision. So, in a way, (stock) investing also takes effort and time. Same with writing in a way. Writing helps me think better about my investments and is a byproduct of my thinking and writing practice. If you look at it from that sense – only savings accounts provide truly passive income 🙂

Dan,
Its just my take. I think most people wouldnt consider it passive – I would however at best call it semi-passive. Feel free to dig around and leave a message if you have any questions or comments.